Little Falls transcript., 1887-09-23
SOMETHING ABourHoRsHs
Horse Raising a Paying Busi~
ness for Farmers-MinnesO-
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ia the Proper Locality.

From the Farmer. st. Paul. : -.
The growing Importance of the horse
breeding industry in America is plain to
the most casual observer. Where the
imports of foreign horses for breeding
purposes Is or 20 years ago we're count.
ed by units, they are now counted by
hundreds, and although almost every
year the business is said to be at it's
heighth and prophecies are not want,nr
that the imports of the present year Wi!
never be exceeded, still the growth cor
tinues, and this year, like many previous
years, exceeds all its predecessors,
There is also noticeable variety in the
types Of horses introduced, for whereas
in the last decade the Clydesdale and
Shire breeds, and the French draft
were the chief, if not the only caneii-
dates for public favor, almost every wo!i
known breed finds representatives in
the importations of this year, and the
Cleveland Bay and the French Coach,
the Exmoor and the Shetland ponies,
the English hack and the Suffolk Puncl.
appear to tempt the America farmer to
increase his profits by raising class Of
horses for which, so far, the demand has
always exceeded the supply. There ;s
the whole secret to the growth of thig
great trade, and the answer to the pessi-
miBts who fear the business is oyerdone,~
Us we'll as to the men of one idea who
still preach to the farmer that the horse
he wants to raise is the one best suited
to his own requirements, ignoring Tie
fact that the farmer can better afford t.
raise colts that will sell at 500 to $3.50
each, and buy his own horses at from.
sl2o to sl75, than to neglect to supply All
ever pressing and ever growing demand
for the former. The successful farmer
Is he who makes market for his fed
crops on his oN n farm, and who reduce
his manufactures or products for sale 10
the most concentrated form after getting
all the goud out of them he can for hi.;
own uSe.
There is no more certain return thar,
that which awaits the breeder of thsc
class OF serviceable horses required fol
the heavy teaming in our large cities.
nor better profits than can be made by
the Intelligent breeder who can breot
and raise the noble coach horse. An
other thing is certain, that no section IF
the United States is better, or even SO
well, adapted to the raising of good
horses as the Northwest, with its abunt-
ance Of cheap fodder of the most nu:ri-
tious description, its ilealthful and III
vigorating climate, and its accessibility
by rail and water to all parts of ths
country. We once heard farmer SAY
that all tho other crops be raised he had
to take to market to find purchaser,
but that when he raised good col, t;...
purchaser always came to him. This is
nothing but the truth. and we hope to
see marvellous impetus given durin,
the coming six months to horse breeding
III the Northwest. In conclusion We
must repeat a word of advice To farmers
frequently reiterated in these columns:
Do not be discouraged by the high price
Of a good stallion Remember that there
is no property which can be more pro-
pcrly or conveniently owned in partner
ship than a stallion, and that in many
places the cooperative plan, whereby a
half dozen farmers have combined to
purchase and own stallion, has beer
found most satisfactory.